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Its the final countdown, progress thread |
type11969 |
Jan 8 2007, 09:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
I've had this 71 for 3 years now and I've only driven it for 10 minutes before I bought it. I figure if I haven't made serious progress by the spring, she is getting stripped and scrapped. You'll see why. Its probably only a parts car, but I want to learn how to weld, and if I can get this thing back on the road, I think I will be well on my way. I'll start from the beginning:
The exterior, looks harmless enough: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/914.jpg) The interior, looks pretty good (wait, what was that saying about wrapping a piece of poo in a pretty package): (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/914012.jpg) Long looks okay at first glance: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/914009.jpg) Wait, umm, is this factory installed golf ball sized hunks of epoxy and bondo: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/111404015.jpg) Yum: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/111404010.jpg) Delicious: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/111404012.jpg) Craptacular: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/914-2018.jpg) Brace yourself (also have another brace running to the drivers side door jamb, couldn't find that pic): (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/111404001.jpg) Couldn't find any pics of the lovely riveting and brazing job a PO did with re-attaching the portion of the fender below the sail, but I hacked that focker off: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/121304002.jpg) Mmm, clean: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/121304013.jpg) Also found after removing the interior that the passenger side was once used as a pool, the entire lower inner corner of the long and bulkhead was gone. PO crappily arc welded a new floorpan in, but didn't fix any of the other damage: (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/Picture069.jpg) (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/Picture070.jpg) (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/Picture071.jpg) (IMG:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/type11969/914/111404002.jpg) Quick break, then pics of the repairs so far . . . |
type11969 |
Sep 18 2007, 09:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
Definitely . . . it was one of the big reasons why I headed down that way. I needed some inspiration!
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